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§47-761.
§47-761.
A. Any person who operates a motor vehicle while his ability to
operate such motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of alcohol,
or any other substance, other than alcohol, which is capable of being
ingested, inhaled, injected or absorbed into the human body and is
capable of adversely affecting the central nervous system, vision,
hearing or other sensory or motor functions shall be subject to a fine
of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not
more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Upon the receipt of any person's record of conviction of driving
while impaired, when such conviction has become final, the Department
of Public Safety shall suspend the driving privilege of such person,
as follows:
1. The first suspension shall be for thirty (30) days;
2. The second suspension shall be for a period of six (6) months. Such
suspension shall not be subject to modification; and
3. The third or subsequent suspension shall be for twelve (12) months.
Such suspension shall not be subject to modification.
Provided, however, the Department shall not suspend such privilege
pursuant to this subsection if said person's driving privilege has
been revoked based upon a test result or test refusal pursuant to
Section 753 or Section 754 of this title arising from the same
circumstances which resulted in the conviction.
C. The violations as set out in this section shall not be bondable
under Section 1115.3 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. Any person who is found guilty of a violation of the provisions of
this section or pleading guilty or nolo contendere for a violation of
any provision of this section shall be ordered to participate in,
prior to sentencing, an alcoholism evaluation program offered by a
facility or qualified practitioner certified by the Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for the purpose of
evaluating the receptivity to treatment and prognosis of the person.
The court shall order the person to reimburse the facility or
qualified practitioner for the evaluation. The Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Services shall establish a fee schedule,
based upon a person's ability to pay, provided the fee for an
evaluation shall not exceed Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00). The
evaluation shall be conducted at a certified facility, the office of a
qualified practitioner or at another location as ordered by the court.
The facility or qualified practitioner shall, within seventy-two (72)
hours from the time the person is assessed, submit a written report to
the court for the purpose of assisting the court in its final
sentencing determination. If such report indicates that the evaluation
shows that the defendant would benefit from a treatment program, the
court shall, as a condition of any sentence imposed, including a
deferred sentence and a suspended sentence, require the person to
participate in an alcohol and drug substance abuse treatment program
at an approved treatment facility as defined by Section 3-403 of Title
43A of the Oklahoma Statutes. No person, agency or facility operating
an alcohol and drug substance abuse evaluation program certified by
the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall
solicit or refer any person evaluated pursuant to this section for any
treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service in which
such person, agency or facility has a vested interest; however, this
provision shall not be construed to prohibit the court from ordering
participation in or any person from voluntarily utilizing a treatment
program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service offered by such
person, agency or facility. Any evaluation report submitted to the
court pursuant to this subsection shall be handled in a manner which
will keep such report confidential from the general public's review.
Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit
the court from ordering judgment and sentence and any other sanction
authorized by law for failure or refusal to comply with an order of
the court. As used in this subsection, "qualified practitioner" means
a person with at least a bachelor's degree in substance abuse
treatment, mental health or a related health care field and at least
two (2) years' experience in providing alcohol treatment, other drug
abuse treatment, or both alcohol and other drug abuse treatment who is
certified each year by the Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services to provide these assessments.
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